1,000 DELEGATE" coiJ3tHE RADICAL pIrtT" r the eaofc- ptem- t ptJe- tber c it or te an Bast ce ob lence tat IVIVI I IV1 II A I I li 11 A AIM iii .li .i ii ii u i i n ww til i i ii vhvv MM MM MB K m B - IB BV - BB BBB I BBw I Congressman Small a Central Fig ure in the Convention There are more than a thousand . will be selected. The selection of delegates in Providence this week at-1 this canal means muoh tn hi tending tne Leeper Waterway con- vention. In th?s delegation Eastern North Carolina and Elizabeth City is liberally represented in such a nr.'-finer that the interests of this sec-f tion will taken good care of. Ths Xouh Carolina delegation mobilized in Norfolk and joined the Virginia del i vet. on and togethe. itiey went to PrMidence. Congressman John H. Small head ?d !he North Carolina delegation and was the life of the party while eo route to Rhode Island. He held a reception on the steamer whiie mak ing the trip.A discussion arouse as to the popularity or $he two routes un der consideration by the army engi neers, the Dismal Swamp Canal and Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal.lt was not stated which of the canals won in the discussion. Congressman Small is Sported as being in favor of aa impartial hear ing in Norfolk on the 6th, 7th and 8th of September and then leave it to the investigating board. On the face of this it looks fair enough and will probably give entire satisfaction to the people of this section, but at the same time the people of this across the six links which seperate sedon are greatly exercised over the . thes island sounds anj bays- along selection of the route and devoutly ( the seaboard and make the intercoast norc that the Dismal Swamp Canal al waterway a reality. THE FAIR WILL BE THE BIGGEST ONE YET We publish this week another in-, stallment of the premium lish for the Agricultural Fair to be held here this fall. The entire list would have been published before now Sf our plant had not been put out of com mission practically by the recent fire We will continue to publish the list in installments each week and it will be finished in a few weeks. The people of this section may rest assured that there is going to be a fair here this fall and a big one too. Such a fair as the people have never had an opportunity to visit here. T!i3 managements competing th arrangements as fast as poss hie and the country people are making pre paid iions to' attend the fir and to 'e exhibitors at the fair. We expect to have one of the big gest crowd here this fall that we have ever had. We expect to have one of the biggest exhibits here Chat we have ever had and we expect to have the biggest fair that we have ever had. v The people who miss the fair this fall will mi&s some thing worth their while to visit and they will regret t if they fail to attend. Get ready for the fair. It is going to be a big one.- PRIMARIES HELD NEXT THURSDAY Phe Democratic Primaries will be 'eM in this county "next Thursday, September the 8t. -The variousplaoes aD(l the time that the polls will be ke''t open have already been announ red. Every Democrat in Pasquotank county is urged to attend the polls acl cast a vote for the candidate that he considers to be-best qualified to fill the office. Let the voters turn at and take an active part in the primaries. This will 'nrnrt j . ftflfiiMtfl iust selectoa of democratic candidates for the offices of this county - A": tion - - - VU. WW UdS UrfV much more than the average person thinks. The Norfolk and Southern railroad ls a Sreat factor in the development of tnis sectin but the people are not n a hurry to close up all other routes for transportation and placa themselves completely in the hands of this or any other railroad. The rail road company may wish to see dog fenWs growing in the bot tom of the Disinal Swamp Canal but the people are anxious that the canal be kept open for navigation. The Deeper Waterway convention convened in Providence on last Wed nesday. Governor Pothier of Rhode Island delivered the adress of wel come on the part of the state. Congressman Small then delivered the response. Congressman Small dwelt on .the great products and natural resources of the South and added: Par removed as we are from you we need to shorten the lines of com mancation and cheapen the cost of movement in our interchange of pro ducts. We jmust ' construct canals NO BETTER T ELIZ. CITY No better town exists in the world than our own Elizabeth City.Health fulness is Igood, the death rate low the natural advantages are unsurpas sed. A great and festile country surrounds this city. Men can tickle the. soli and it laughs into great and plemions harvests of all good things to eat. The climate is perfect, there are no months in the year so ser vere that idleness is an inforced occu pation. A beautiful river washes the feet of oar streets; just a- little dis tance below us is the interseetion of the worlds greatest sounds Ifieir waters reach north, south east and west and are alive with the best fish oysters and clams lay there sleep ing awaiting the diligent hand of man. Geese and ducks in droves thst darken the sun invite our people to feed upon the delicious dishes of wealth. All that we need to have a city beautiful great strong and pro gressive is union of effort Let the sunshine of fraternity drive away the dark clouds of malice let love for horns and your ow-n city clear away the mind of envoy that has been slush ing in the streets and stirred by com mon degredation. Then our working and business men will see the smile of prosperity "'play over the counten ance of your town. Peace will then sing a song in harmony with the eternal principle of progress and life there will be no discordant notes of lieing slender and descention and Elizabeth CHy will laugh in joy with herchldren of mirth. ' . M.R. HEGE IN CITY. Mr. Tom Hege of Winston Salem is in the city for the" purpose of doing evangelistic work. v The evangelistic work is absolutely free. No collections are taken. Mr. Hege conducts a repairing business by which he meets his expenses.He will be bore a month. OWN THAN There was a man that went na a towtt38 policy was to abuse and run ifcxJown. Ete ga thered the scum the bums and the rum around. He cursed all the good men up and down. Pfae devils ail said what a blessing h$ is to the town. Did he come here? PREMISES SHOULD BE The people of the city are urged lu iuuk lo cue sanitation oi sneir prem j i lses during this wet, rainy September! weather. Premises should now bekept J scrupulously clean as this Ts a time of the year when fevers and other sickness can become very prevalent. I This wet weather naturally makes the premises of the average citizen hard ( and enforcing the ordinance in re to keep clean. So much mud and wat- gard to cleanliness. KNOCKED DOWN AND ROBBED BY A bold highway robbery was com mtted in this city last Saturday night by a negro who successfully eluded the officers and made good his es cape. Miss ftynal Wadstein. a saleslady of Lavensteins 3Martment store was enroute toiler home on Cedar Street when she was accosted by a big, burly negro who attempted to snatch her purse. The young lady fought the negro, off with her umbrella until he grabbed her and threw her down. She screamed for help and soon a number of people were on the scene. "ON TO NORFOLK ONE HUNDRED STRONG" On to Norfolk on the Sth is the watch word that i being passedalong in Elizabeth City. Ar you going to Norfolk to at tend the hearing? is th-3 question that is asked and a very great num ber of the citizens of the town ans wer in the affirmative. There is something at stake. The interests of this section are being threatened and the people are arous ed. In Norfolk next week the selec tion of the canal for a part of the Inland Waterway will be made as it is generally understood that the gov ernment will be direct by the de cision of the board apponted to hear the demand of this section. If the Dismal Swamp Oanal is seleohed.fhen it results to the advantage of Eliza beth City and this section but if some other route is selected then Elizabeth City loses in the deal by having the value of its property to depreciate. ONE HUNDRED MEN TO GO TO NORFOLK IN THE SPECIAL CA.R chartered for this occasion is the aim of president Lamb of the Cham ber of Commerce and he will come pretty near getting the Tiundred too. The ear will be aily' decorated in buntings and flags befitting the occa sion and the purposes of the delega tion will be. heralded abroad as the car speeds thrjatgh North " Carolina and Sputh easnjyirgta. i South Mills .will he there too one hundred and fifty strong representing the interest of that section. The car will leave here early in the morning and will return late in the afternoon thus giving the delega tion a whole day In Norfolk. was a the city this week on busi ness. r - :"n$iiL 7 H KEPT CLEAN NOW er on the land. aow is tne tune to use lime m abundance around the premises. It is a good deoderizer and at the same time it is a good germ destroyer. The sanitary officer ought to be busy now. He can do much good in visiting the premise of the people : In the mean time the negro had Th Republican are being ground Jto fled taking the young es purse. piecea factionalism. Insurgentsand xxr ., 4 X.. i regulars are saying worse things Miss Wadstein was in a JMghly ner-, , , , , - about each other than they have ever vous state and could not describe the sai a00ut Democrats, brute. Blood hounds were placed on North Carolinians are not unmiad the scent, but they could not Strike j ing towards the Democracy i the na- a trail on account of the imperfect scent. j The news spread through the city ; that a young lady had been assaulted and a large crowd gathered. Feel ings ran high and had the negro been caught he weuld Have been "haandled pretty roughly. PURCHASE BIG LOT OF CLOTHING Mr. O. F. Gilbert, proprietor of the Bee Hive has purchased a large quantity of clothing of a prominent manufacturer and has. them on sale now. This clothing is of a superior quality and the prices are right Next week Mr. Gilbert will have a big ad in the Tar Heel telMng the people about this big lot of cloth ing. It will be to the interest of ouiV readers to watch for this ad and read it carefully. It will mean a saving in money and a superior grade of cloth1 ing to wear., RANSACKED ( HIS CLOTHES A fburglar entered the home of H. Clay Tunis last Tuesday night and stole- a gold watch and a sum of money amounting to about fifty dol lars from his clothing while he slept in an adjoining room. Mr. Tunis retired but went into another room to sleep leaving his clothes in the room in which he first retired. While he was sleeping the thief got the money and watch. The blood hound was placed on the- trail as soon as the robbery was flls- covered hut nothing was accomplish- 4 Has Not Got Any More Chance Than a One Legged Man in a Kicking Frolic. - Mr. T. J. Pence in writing to the News and Observer furnished his paper the following interview in re gard to the Republican conditions in North Carolina. i Senator Lee S. Overman who ar rived in Washington today made the prediction that North Carolina Dem ocrats would make a. clean sweep at the conig election and send a solid Democratic deleigatioh fco the next congress. I had no idea that the Re publicans were absolutely hopeless regarding the resultf the congresion al election until my arrival here to day observed the popular Tar Heel senator. I have met many Republican acquaintances during the day afid they seem to be without hope for the future. Most of them predicted the election of a Democratic house by the largest kind of majorities.Pub lic opinion seem to e approaching unanimity that the "Democracy will again asume control of the gorernfti't tion continued thev will assert themselves O veBaac .and J Dy rou-j NORFOLK PREPARING FOR NORTH CAROLINA VETERANS The following article from the Ledger Dispatch will be of speaial in terest to the Veterans of this sec tion. This article describes the prep arations thajfare now going on. in Norfolk preparatory for the reception and entertainment of the veterans when they gather there in reunion. The parade committee of theBoard or Trade of which Captain J. W.Mc Carrjck is chairman met yesterday and mapped out the line of march for the Confederate veterans ofNorth Carolina when they hold their reun ion here on September 6th and 7th. With the militia and the sailors and marines from the navy yard at Ports mouth the line will form on the west end of City flail aveaue and Boush street to Freemason to Bofecourte to street to Freemason to Botetourte to York to Boush to Bute to Granby and down Granby passing the reviewing stand at the Virginia Club. When the veterans reach the Confederate monu ment at Commercial Place and Main street they will disband but "the oth er troops will continue to Chapel St. to be disbanded. Governor Mann was today invited to come to Norfolk on September St and view the gray clad warriors of the Old North State as they pass in front of the Virginia Clubs reviewing stand. It is believed that he will ac cept and will be on the portico with Gen. Jullian S. Carr grand comman der of the Grand Camp of North Car olina and other distinguished Confed erates. The contract for furnishing meals for the veterans who will eat in the big tent to be ' erected at Ine west end of Plume street has been award od to W. J. O'Keefe who conducts the pavillion at Virginia Beaich He has guaranteed to take caxV of at least 500 at one sitting. The ways and means committee has beeu . doing good workv in collecting t;?e subscriptions made for the enter- t8inment of th veterans expect to raise the necessary amount of $3,000 by the end of the week The decorations commit. e 3 is at work in earnest and it is, certain that ; a r.'an will be mapped oat by which the city will have o its gala sttire IN N.C ing up increased majorities for their candidates. I expect to see the Dem ocratic vote in the State increased ten thousand over that polled in the Taf election. The Republicans have done a lot of talking but they have more lian they can shoulder in this contest. The people of North Caro lina are not prepared to send Marion Butler fo the senate and that would be the .result should the State be turned over to the crowd that con trolled the recent Greensboro con vention. While Morehead is the State chairman, Butler is the guiding gen ius of, the party and he would deserve election to the senate should such a thing as victory be possible for the Republicans. " The Democracy in the State is in fine shape. Locally there have been differences but these will adjust themselves. North Carlinians are de termined to keep pace with the bal ance of the nation in rolling up Dem ocratic majorities. They believe fci the cry, Turn on the light. What of Theodore Roosevelt? was asked Senator Overman. Looks very much like the former President is a candidate for the nomination in 1912 ma the xyfiyM y fate that is the inreWldiliMtevrif when the veterans meet here. Many have already expressed a wiHingneas to decorate their buildings with bunt ing and it is believed that others will readily follow. The Virginia Club will be 3 mass of colored banting and A is almost certain that the entire down town district will be looked out for. A dispatch from Raleigh says that Major B. P. Dixon, State auditor has accepted the invitation of General Julian S . Carr to deliver the response to the addresses of welcome on the occasion of the annual reunion of the North Carolina Division United Confederate Veterans at Norfolk,Sept. 6th. General Carr is commander of the North Carolina division and is direct ing the preparations for the reunion. Major Dixon is a Confederate and Spanish American War veteran is chairman of the State Board of Coif federate. Pensions and Secretary and director of the North Carolina Sold iers Home. ENJOINED FROM SELLING PROPERTY Raleigh, N. C. Aug. 29. In the Fed eral Court here a temporary injunc tion has been issued against J. B. Talbott, Sheriff Bernard of Currituck county and Sheriff Reid of Pasquo tank County restrainng them from le vying on any property of the Norfolk Southern Railway or taking any oth er steis against the company until the casie iMnvestigated September 6. This step is taken to stop certain tracks in Elizabeth City to satisfy a j Talbott in jthe State Courts prior to , judgement tor $1,500 procured by the change of ownership of the road after the receivership. The sale to satisfy the judgment is advertised far September 5 and the restraining or der of eoarse prevents this. V v mm .'tsm v;:S- :1 m ' 1 mm ri

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